G'day Norm, Kye and Gizmo
Many thanks, of course. Very welcome thoughts there. Thank you all!
This is such a complex issue ...
Harry Potter told us that the 'V' word was uncomfortable to speak out.
There is good reason for that ...
'V' held, at best, about half the market in rotaries in AUS during the 'golden years'.
The problem - for me - is that the other half was held by about half-a-dozen makers.
There were implications ...
No one smaller maker could match V's advertising budget - or expertise!
I think Norm summed up the issue very nicely. Numbers won the day.
The 'V' became iconic; the others a cat's aside from the prized mantelpiece.
Norm, Kye and Gizmo - the underdogs - understand rich history -
and there is a life beyond the "V crowd".
I hope more folk will engage in lawnmower history and save
the fewer remaining beasts that once roamed the gardens of AUS.
Cheers
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Jack
